THE TEAM OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN OLSZTYN

OUR MOTTO:

„ Implementation a wide-ranging

and multiple help of children and

young people with coupled

disabilities, autism and Asperger

syndrome.”

It is a history …

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW:

1997 year – The Team of Preschool Institutions No. 1 in Olsztyn (T.P.I.):• The Special Kindergarten No. 5 • The Public Kindergarten No. 34; 1998 year - branch for children with autism in The Team of Preschool Institutions No. 1 in Olsztyn; 2000 year – establishing The Social

Primary School for Children with Autism in The Team of Preschool Institutions

THREE EXISTING ASSOCIATIONS: Two associations of parents:• Warmia and Mazury Association for Children with

Physical Disability and Coupled Disability in Olsztyn;• Association of Help for Autistic People and People

with similar disorders in Development in Olsztyn; One association of teachers and school staff of

T.P.I.: • Association of Support of Childrens’ Development in

Olsztyn

2002 year - THE TEAM OF EDUCATIONAL

INSTITUTIONS – the first public institution in

Poland which is run by parents and teachers.

Financed from public funds - grants from the City Council

AT PRESENT

The Public Kindergarten with Integration Classes No. 25;

The Special Kindergarten No. 11;

The Special Primary School No. 4 for Children with Autism and Coupled Disorders ;

AT PRESENT

Grammar School No. 1 for Children with Autism, Coupled Disorders and Mental Retardation in the Moderate and Severe Degree (2007 year)

The Work Training School

( september 2011)

Managment team

 Wanda Agnieszka Jabłońska –

Headmaster of the Team of Educational Institutions

in Olsztyn  

• Małgorzata Michałowska- Deputy Director of the Kindergarten• Maria Jasińska-Zamarja- Deputy

Director of the Primary School • Sylwia Nosarzewska – Deputy Director of the Grammar School • Anna Mierzejewska – Małż- Deputy

Director of Administration and Planning

Managment team

Personnel• Teachers in Kindergarten (special pedagogues)• Teachers in Primary School and Grammar School

(special pegagogues)• Teachers for Individual Therapy • Speech Therapists• Physiotherapists (NDT- Bobath) • Vision therapist • Hearing therapist• The school psychologist • The kindergarten psychologist • Sensory Integration therapists• Tomatis and Biofeedback Therapists

In addition, assistants of disabled children are employed.   

Employees in numbers:

1. Administrative staff – 12 persons2. Personal Assistants – 20 persons3. Service employees – 45 persons4. Kitchen staff – 8 persons5. Teaching staff– 102 persons6. Specialists staff:a). Speech Therapists – 5 personsb). Psychologists – 3 personsc). Physiotherapists – 10 persons• All employees – 205 persons.

Pupils:• Special Kindergarten – 58• Kindergarten with integration classes - 142• Primary School – 124• Grammar School – 46• The Work Training School – 4

• Special Kindergarten – 6 groups• Kindergarten with integration classes– 5 groups• Primary School: I-III – 12 teams, IV-VI - 13 classes + 2

rehabilitation teams• Grammar School– 10 classes

To TEI mostly attend children with autism and coupled disabilities.

Classes: Students attend the classes and cover proper curriculum

Students practice activities : • Speech therapy (using AAC – augmentative and alternative

communication),  • Physiotherapy• Tomatis therapy,• Sensory Integration therapy,• Biofeedback therapy• Other kinds of therapy

There are groups for children with autism in the Special Kindergarten. The special authoring program called ,,Sunflower’’ is led for these groups.

Programs and projects:

From State Fund for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities:

1. Rehabilitation for children with autism and multi hadicapped: - Alternative and Augmentative Communication- Speech Therapy- Rehabilitation using a computer- Physical rehabilitation- Self-training and social skills

Programs and projects

Individual and group rehabilitation of children and youth with physical disabilities and multi handicapped.

- Sensory Integration - Hydrotherapy - Alternative communication - Speech therapy - Rehabilitation with using a computer - Physical rehabilitation- Hearing therapy - Biofeedback Therapy - Tomatis Therapy - Vision Therapy - Dogotherapy

Programs and projects

"Multi-faceted rehabilitation of children and young people with disabilities„

- Sensory Integration - Hydrotherapy - Alternative communication - Rehabilitation with using a computer - Physical rehabilitation - Hearing therapy - Vision Therapy - Dogotherapy - Self-training and social skills  

Programs and Projects2. "The autonomy of children and young people with disabilities" AIMS:  I.Consulting point- diagnostic for children and youth with autism and multiple

disabilities; Subtask is to conduct consultations and diagnosis of children with autism and

multiple disabilities, developing individual opinions and therapy programs for each child (except for children who apply for admission to nursery or special school - here only consultation).

 II. Support for disabled children and their families - learning self-reliance in the

home environment; Subtask is to provide assistant to care for a disabled child at home, outside of school

activities, kindergarten.  III. Saturday classes care - learning self-reliance in the facility; Subtask is to exercise care by specialists, for a disabled child, once a month on

Saturday. Everything takes place at the headquarters of the Group of Educational Institutions, from 8.00 to 20.00.         The classes organize: walks, tours, visits to the store, cinema, common baking or cooking, games and fun .

 3. From the City Council

Employment of new workers in the intervention works, and taking on internships.

Types of classes

1. Classes2. Therapy classes:• SI classes• Therapy classes• Gym• Speech Therapy classes • Tomatis classes• Biofeedback classes• Snoezelen – Multti-sensory environments• Computer room3. Library4. Rooms for individual therapy5. With the expansion of the facility there will also be a large

sports hall with facilities, professional library and more rooms for classes.

Cooperation with parents:

• Daily conversations about current issues;• Meetings with parents ;• Meetings with parents and all specialists working with their

child;• Support Group for parents;• School for parents;• ,,Saturdays for parents’’;• „Afternoon care for a child”• Psychological meetings for mothers- project „Mums-the way

towards the harmony”;

SUMMARY:

Multidisciplinary support to children and adolescents with autism and another disabilities;

Continuation of therapy and education of the child with autism and another disabilities at different stages of development ;

Consistency and extending therapy; Family support;

Thank You for Your attention